I was contacted by them today, they left a message on the phone at the farm. My plan is to call the Attorney General's office and ask to have them checked out. Susan Houghton > [Original Message] > From: Vicki Morrone <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Date: 2/13/2007 3:17:07 PM > Subject: FW: [SANET-MG] Scam targeting CSA/organic Farmers > > If you get a phone call that talks about relieving your debt as an > organic farmer look out!! It is a scam. They have started calling our > Michigan farmers so spread the word and "Just Say NO". If you have > caller ID write down the number and if the number is an 801 area code, > which is what several have experienced, call the police in Draper, UT > (801) 576-6550 to confirm what the farmers in Iowa said. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sustainable Agriculture Network Discussion Group > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sunflower Fields > Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 8:36 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [SANET-MG] Scam targeting CSA/organic Farmers > > We have been contacted by these guys. I have called the police in > Draper, UT and they said they were on their way to check things out. I > am going to call them back today. Don't fall for it! > > Michael > > Sunflower Fields - our farm > www.sunflowerfields.org > GROWN Locally - we are proud to be grower/members since 1998 > www.grownlocally.com > 776 Old Stage Road > Postville, Iowa 52162 > 563.864.3847 > Solveig Hanson cell: 563.380.9848 > Michael Nash cell: 563.380.8847 > > > Rose says: Come on out to the farm. I'll give you a tour and show you > my farming system - lie in the grass, bark at anything or nothing, run > around, rub in smelly stuff, eat anything I want and love my farmers! > On Feb 12, 2007, at 7:25 AM, Lawrence F. London, Jr. wrote: > > > Lucy Goodman wrote: > > > >> I pulled this off of the Local Harvest Forum > >> (http://www.localharvest.org/forum/). They have not contacted us > >> Boulder Belt Farmers yet but if they do we will refuse their > >> "services" > > > > Must be Avery surrogates working out of Nigeria, Indiana. You should > > have called > > the police and the telephone company to track their phone number and > > charge them > > with making harrassing and threatening phone calls. That would fix > > them up real good. > > Unthinkable that things have gotten so bad for sustainable farmers > > that they would be > > targeted by predatory scam artists such as those. But considering > > attitudes about > > organic farmers expressed by some in this forum, I am not suprised one > > > bit. > > > > ******************************************************** > > To unsubscribe from SANET-MG: > > 1- Visit http://lists.sare.org/archives/sanet-mg.html to unsubscribe > > or; > > 2- Send a message to <[log in to unmask]> from the address subscribed > > to the list. Type "unsubscribe sanet-mg" in the body of the message. > > > > Visit the SANET-MG archives at: > > http://lists.sare.org/archives/sanet-mg.html. > > Questions? Visit http://www.sare.org/about/sanetFAQ.htm. > > For more information on grants and other resources available through > > the SARE program, please visit http://www.sare.org. > > > > ******************************************************** > To unsubscribe from SANET-MG: > 1- Visit http://lists.sare.org/archives/sanet-mg.html to unsubscribe or; > 2- Send a message to <[log in to unmask]> from the address subscribed to > the list. Type "unsubscribe sanet-mg" in the body of the message. > > Visit the SANET-MG archives at: > http://lists.sare.org/archives/sanet-mg.html. > Questions? Visit http://www.sare.org/about/sanetFAQ.htm. > For more information on grants and other resources available through the > SARE program, please visit http://www.sare.org. > > If you would like to access previous postings to the Mich-Organic listserv you can copy and paste the following URL into your browser address bar > http://list.msu.edu/archives/mich-organic.html If you would like to access previous postings to the Mich-Organic listserv you can copy and paste the following URL into your browser address bar http://list.msu.edu/archives/mich-organic.html